Nominull comments on Rationality Quotes October 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nominull 07 October 2011 04:17:23PM 12 points [-]

The ones who do are a proper subset of the ones who think they can, and there are serious costs to being in the difference between the two sets.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 October 2011 04:59:01PM 2 points [-]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Traditional saying.

Comment author: Nominull 07 October 2011 06:15:16PM 7 points [-]

Not every change is a catastrophe, but every catastrophe is a change.

-What the Wise Master might have said, if he were making a different point.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 07 October 2011 05:49:45PM 4 points [-]

Apart from compound interest.

Comment author: Logos01 08 October 2011 02:42:29AM 4 points [-]

... even "staying the course" can be considered risking something if you have the proper mindset.

Comment author: Manfred 20 October 2011 01:06:10AM 3 points [-]

At which point the saying becomes equivalent to "don't exist, nothing gained." Not a very informative interpretation.

Comment author: dlthomas 07 October 2011 05:48:28PM 4 points [-]

Nothing ventured, less lost, however.